Jeff Norman
@jeff2ffs.bsky.social
Don't need no fascist groove thang, likes books and movies and cats and records and weird words and curious facts and also cats and did I mention cats?
Interesting article—not much that many of us were unaware of...but I'm kind of amazed Sargent just let drop Steve Bannon's claim that one of Miller's three most-influential writers was Oswald Spengler.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Interesting article—not much that many of us were unaware of...but I'm kind of amazed Sargent just let drop Steve Bannon's claim that one of Miller's three most-influential writers was Oswald Spengler.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
Spengler was, of course, early on the Nazis' favorite historian.
And this is the kind of shit we're up against.
Remember when Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, wrote an op-ed trying to justify having sex with kids?
Seems relevant now.
Seems relevant now.
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And this is the kind of shit we're up against.
Last night I watched Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' which is, famously, based on Thomas Pynchon's 'Vineland'.
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night I watched Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' which is, famously, based on Thomas Pynchon's 'Vineland'.
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
I'm one of the apparent minority of folks who enjoy 'Vineland' quite a bit, but there's a reason Anderson changed title and says "inspired by" rather than "adaptation."
Damn. Every writer at The Onion is queueing up near an open 20th-story window of their office.
A glimpse of what the right is messaging to its voters. Hard to believe but yes.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Damn. Every writer at The Onion is queueing up near an open 20th-story window of their office.
The great Milwaukee photographer Francis Ford has died. Nice story here:
Remembering Milwaukee Photography Legend Francis Ford
The renowned portrait artist, who died Dec. 14, shot a host of celebrities, local figures, entertainers and everyday people in a career of more than 50 years.
www.milwaukeemag.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The great Milwaukee photographer Francis Ford has died. Nice story here:
Oh this is so fab!
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh this is so fab!
Trump et al. attempting to turn a profit by buying up devasted land in Gaza...reminds me of something. An opera maybe. By Rossini?
La Gaza Ladra.
La Gaza Ladra.
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump et al. attempting to turn a profit by buying up devasted land in Gaza...reminds me of something. An opera maybe. By Rossini?
La Gaza Ladra.
La Gaza Ladra.
You know how, sometimes, a show gets cancelled on one network only to be renewed on another?
The Scrabble continues! Every week (for background), Rose and I play Scrabble. I post a photo, and the board, and some comments on the game. (We play "nice rules" allowing in-game lookup.)
(Holiday lions)
The Scrabble continues! Every week (for background), Rose and I play Scrabble. I post a photo, and the board, and some comments on the game. (We play "nice rules" allowing in-game lookup.)
(Holiday lions)
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You know how, sometimes, a show gets cancelled on one network only to be renewed on another?
The Scrabble continues! Every week (for background), Rose and I play Scrabble. I post a photo, and the board, and some comments on the game. (We play "nice rules" allowing in-game lookup.)
(Holiday lions)
The Scrabble continues! Every week (for background), Rose and I play Scrabble. I post a photo, and the board, and some comments on the game. (We play "nice rules" allowing in-game lookup.)
(Holiday lions)
Thanks to those who managed to find me for birthday wishes. Rose and I went out to Ward's House of Prime (sorry: not a math joint) where we had way too much delicious food.
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Thanks to those who managed to find me for birthday wishes. Rose and I went out to Ward's House of Prime (sorry: not a math joint) where we had way too much delicious food.
Selections from this week's "Skeets & Giggles," from Jay Kuo, #3
December 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Selections from this week's "Skeets & Giggles," from Jay Kuo, #3
Selections from this week's "Skeets & Giggles," from Jay Kuo, #2
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Selections from this week's "Skeets & Giggles," from Jay Kuo, #2
Selections from this week's "Skeets & Giggles" from Jay Kuo, #1
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Selections from this week's "Skeets & Giggles" from Jay Kuo, #1
Maybe, just maybe...listen to women?
My essay on this whole deal.....
Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein
We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Maybe, just maybe...listen to women?
No one should be surprised, of course...
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
No one should be surprised, of course...
Reposted by Jeff Norman
Enough already. That man’s ego knows no bounds and we shouldn’t indulge it.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Enough already. That man’s ego knows no bounds and we shouldn’t indulge it.
Thompson's closing lines...BOOM:
"You wouldn't come to this committee to say something you can't prove, I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did."
"You wouldn't come to this committee to say something you can't prove, I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did."
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thompson's closing lines...BOOM:
"You wouldn't come to this committee to say something you can't prove, I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did."
"You wouldn't come to this committee to say something you can't prove, I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did."
Reposted by Jeff Norman
So crazy everyone gendering this raccoon as a man when it’s clear she’s the people’s princess
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So crazy everyone gendering this raccoon as a man when it’s clear she’s the people’s princess
Reposted by Jeff Norman
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
This is where we are: the court essentially says that because Gov. Abbott consistently argued that the reason for redistricting related to race (rather than partisan advantage), because race-based redistricting is illegal, the plan is preliminarily enjoined.
The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is where we are: the court essentially says that because Gov. Abbott consistently argued that the reason for redistricting related to race (rather than partisan advantage), because race-based redistricting is illegal, the plan is preliminarily enjoined.
Rebecca Solnit argues cogently on why we need to accept right-wing apostates rather than continue to dump on them. I'll admit...it's challenging, and schadenfreude is real...but she's right.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Rebecca Solnit argues cogently on why we need to accept right-wing apostates rather than continue to dump on them. I'll admit...it's challenging, and schadenfreude is real...but she's right.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...
The ten most populous cities in the US contain about 26 million people. The average annual income in the US is about $38,000.
Musk's new pay package is worth more than what everyone in the top 10 cities in the US earns in an entire year (assuming averages).
Impossible to justify in any terms.
Musk's new pay package is worth more than what everyone in the top 10 cities in the US earns in an entire year (assuming averages).
Impossible to justify in any terms.
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The ten most populous cities in the US contain about 26 million people. The average annual income in the US is about $38,000.
Musk's new pay package is worth more than what everyone in the top 10 cities in the US earns in an entire year (assuming averages).
Impossible to justify in any terms.
Musk's new pay package is worth more than what everyone in the top 10 cities in the US earns in an entire year (assuming averages).
Impossible to justify in any terms.
Reposted by Jeff Norman
Trump was gifted a crown belonging to a king who claimed power from heaven. Silla’s kings rose by centralizing absolute power… and eventually collapsed under the corruption and rebellion. This was expert-level trolling by S. Korea, but Trump is too absorbed in himself to notice he’s the punchline.
“We present this gold crown to you on this joyous occasion”
Trump: Thank you very much
Trump: Thank you very much
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump was gifted a crown belonging to a king who claimed power from heaven. Silla’s kings rose by centralizing absolute power… and eventually collapsed under the corruption and rebellion. This was expert-level trolling by S. Korea, but Trump is too absorbed in himself to notice he’s the punchline.
Rachel Hurley doesn't hold back on right-wing authoritarians...and I can't disagree with a word of it
open.substack.com/pub/rachelan...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelan...
The Republican Self-Esteem Deficit
Why MAGA Needs Everyone Else to Validate Their Existence
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rachel Hurley doesn't hold back on right-wing authoritarians...and I can't disagree with a word of it
open.substack.com/pub/rachelan...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelan...